Price Movement Values for the most actively traded May contract have generally been bouncing between 62-and-a-half and 64 cents for most of the past couple weeks. Prices for the new crop December contract have been marginally higher, and have been

Yara North America, Inc. broadens its fertilizer coating offerings with the introduction of YaraVita Procote, oil-based micronutrient liquid suspensions that evenly coat each fertilizer granule. Procote will be available in the elements zinc, copper, manganese, boron and their combinations. by Nachurs Alpine Solutions.

Populations of winter annual weeds will become more prevalent in early April and can compete with wheat and barley and slow the rate of crop development potentially reducing yield. If winter annual weeds like common chickweed, henbit, purple deadnettle, horseweed, and others emerge with the small grain and are left unchecked, the potential impact on yield could be great.

If historical patterns have any value for understanding today; the seasonal corn prices of the past 24 years suggest the March through June time frame typically offers the best price levels for a marketing year. corn crop. Once we get to June the majority of planted acres are set. If we are then ...

This morning is the long awaited USDA report on prospective acreage and quarterly stocks. That might be the most positive thing for grains as 2014 included a record shattering yield of both corn and more adeptly soybeans. Expectations are for less corn acreage to be planted in 2015 (88.68 million acres vs.

However, maybe your alfalfa wasn’t so lucky. Now is the time to do an assessment of the stand to determine if the field should be rotated to corn. A quick and simple method to determine if the stand is worth keeping is to get out there and count the number of live alfalfa plants. If there are less than 4-5 alfalfa plants/square foot then the stand is generally not economical to keep.

Study the label of almost any food product and you're likely to see the rather vague warning "May contain peanuts" somewhere on there, unless of course it's a product that definitely does contain peanuts. As now revealed in a paper in the latest issue of JNIRS-Journal of Near Infrared ...

USDA’s March 31 Prospective Plantings report projects higher acres for soybeans this year and lower plantings of wheat, cotton and corn. sorghum acres could soar 11 percent to 7.9 million acres in 2015, the agency says. Corn planted area for all purposes in 2015 is estimated at 89.2 million acres, down 2 percent from last year.

Farmers in the U.S. will plant 89.2 million acres this spring, down 2% from last year, while at the same time planting 84.6 million acres, up 1% from a year ago. Soybean acreage will be higher in 21 of the 31 major states for that crop, according to Tuesday's annual USDA Prospective Plantings report.

DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)-It's a big surprise from the USDA Tuesday. As a result, the CME Group soybean market dropped traded only slightly lower, while corn dropped 7 to 8 cents. In its report, the USDA pegged the 2015 soybean acreage at 84.6 million, compared to the average trade estimate of 85.9 million. For corn, the stocks as of March 1 have been pegged at 7.74 billion bushels, vs.

DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)-It's a big surprise from the USDA Tuesday. farmers will plant not as many soybean acreage as expected and more corn than expected. At the close, the May corn futures settled 18 1/4 cents lower at $3.76 1/4 per bushel. In its report, the USDA pegged the 2015 soybean acreage at 84.6 million, compared to the average trade estimate of 85.9 million.

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 31, 2015 – The Agriculture Department’s Prospective Plantings report indicates that compared to 2014 farmers will plant more acres of soybeans but fewer acres of corn this spring. According to the American Farm Bureau, the USDA raised its estimates on corn and soybean ...

The big day is finally here (get your USDA report game face on!) For more than two months, we have been looking forward to this day, the 31st of March, as I write this. At issue is the statistic traders are waiting for — corn acres. The trade supposedly is estimating an average of 88.731 million corn acres to be planted.

EPA has granted Section 18 emergency use exemptions in Mississippi and Louisiana for the application of Transform WG insecticide for control of sugarcane aphids in sorghum. The sugarcane aphid has spread like wildfire across Southern states in just one year, decimating grain sorghum crops in its path, said Angus Catchot in Sugarcane aphid potentially devasting to grain sorghum, a recent article by Delta Farm Presseditor Hembree Brandon.

We have finally reached the big "R" day and prices for grains and soy are trending just a bit soft in the overnight trade. While these do raise some concerns with pushing pollination into hot conditions, the weather forecast is calling for favorable conditions in the weeks ahead and as we all know in a week to 10 day time span we can see a phenomenal amount of crop planted.

corn planting intentions in 2015 than expected and less soybean acres caused a double-digits close for corn and a higher finish for soybeans. At the close, the May corn futures settled 18 1/4 cents lower at $3.76 1/4 per bushel. Mike North, President Commodity Risk Management Group, says the biggest standout in the report was soybeans.

DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--On Tuesday, the CME Group's corn, soybean and wheat markets opened lower. At the open, the May corn futures are trading 2 cents lower at $3.92 per bushel. The Dec corn futures are trading 2 1/2 cents lower at $4.15 per bushel. The May soyoil futures are trading $0.29 lower at $30.20.

Argentina might seem a long way to go for an environmental engineer seeking to better understand land use in Wisconsin. But on his Fulbright Scholar Program-supported journey to Argentina in 2014, Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Steve Loheide sought to learn from the surprising parallels between Argentina and Wisconsin's histories of land use and ecohydrology.